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NEW YORK TBiES, JUL' AHOTEEH CANDIDATE FOIL President" Morris cf Republican County Commsttca Mentioned. Ha Haa an: Interview rwltJi Senator, Piatt at the' OrlenUI Hotel. Whit They Say. i The vacant' United States Judgeship caused by tba' resignation Judge Addison Brown la aetmlngly causing" a treat deal of trouble to the Republican leaders. The latest alleged candidal: tot the place i Robert C.

Morris, President of the County E. of Canton. Ohio, an Aa- elstant District Attorney "in tha office of United States District Attorney Henry appointed to that poslloa on the personal request of President McKinley, Is an avowed Ilia father ia an Intimate friend of the President and the son Is reported ta have told friend that he had cut his European trip short because of the receipt of a cablegram advising him of tha vacancy and intimating that he would receive the appointment, Crtiorj-a c. an independent Republican living In Brooklyn, but practicing In this borough. a formidable factor in the contest.

"WelMafonnod RepubllcAna assert that Ellhu Root, Secretary of War. favors his appointment, and in a personal inter-lew, recently strongly advised Senator PUtt to recommend Mr. JXott for' the The Senator is reported to have dooaso. Of the other half down gentlemen named in connection with the place, the majority declined to rive the matter any 'consideration, their, practice being too large to sacrifice. Justices James Blanchard and John Proctor Clarke 'of the 8tate Supreme Court have, ao 1 stated on good authority, been plainly told that the United States Judgeship la for neither of them at this time.

r. But it is the reported candidacy of Robert C. Morris for the place that. has set tha politicians to talking. 'Mrv-MerVts haa not the hearty support Qf many of hia colleagues in the executive bcanchof tha Ke-bubiican County They would oe very giaa 10 sea nine eui 01 iiui pmcv, and are said to be working to secure that Snd having him appointed to succeed udge Brown.

Then soma one more acceptable to the practical politician on tha County Committee could chosen as Ua head. Mr. Morris ia an able lawyer, has abundant means, and could well afford to take the place. He waa men at the Oriental Ho-' tel a I Manhattan Beaoh by a New York Tim its reporter yesterday and was told: 'There ia a story in Mr. Morris, that you are looking for Judge Brown's place on the United States; Circuit Court bench? v.

Why. where did you hear Mr. nurm anatru yyuii yvu tcu uim wnv told you? I don't recall lust noW who it was." tha reporter replied; There, is nothing in it, I assur you. Mr. Morris answered.

Do you expect to see Senator Piatt?" -1 nave just sent my card to him," Mr. Morris rejoined. I have to see the Senator once in while you know'." dui 11 miici luniciflini urseui bring you here on Sunday for a conference) the reporter suggested. -L" Not at all," waa tha answer. But 1 am not a candidate for Judge.

Indeed. I could not think of Accepting the place, for 1 have too many other duties to attend to." air. al orris declined to rive anv reason for his visit to Senator Piatt or to refer to the matters he intended to discuss. Then he Joined Senator -Matt and thev conversed earnestly on the plazxa for more than an hour. After the interview Mr.

Morris declined to talk, and Senator Piatt when 'questioned said: 1 tm nnr nm here frt rwl 1 here for something else. I have not seen tha President recently, and consequently nave maoe no recommendations relative to the vacant United States Judgeship. have ui political new The Senator did not ray that he had not written, to President McKinley recommending the selection of Mf. Molt to succeed Judge Brown. Still, in political haunts the belief is growing that Mr.

Morr-. may get the place, apd that will necessarily compel his retirement from the Presidency of the County Commit tea. THINK THE PHYSICIAN DERANGED. 1 I i mi i nil ocnon, tt no on ox ueorge tampDeil, Triee to Aseault a Minister. NEWARK; N.

J. July 21. George Campi bell, who was shot while in Miss Susan Thompson's boarding house, at Clinton Avenue and Astor Street, by Dr. J. H.

Bcynon last night, was resting comfortably in 8t Barnabaa'a llosoital to-dav. Two nf t) bullets, one In the right cheat and the other tn the Kotr a tn a r. 1.. Campbell- can give no reason for the shooting, declaring that be and Dr. Bey-son were friends, and that the doctor began shooting without a word of warninr.

Th. doctor refunes to tell why he shot araobeli. but cinmm a ripiHrr th.t may It ia-generally conceded by all who have seen him that he is out of hia mind. A letter found tn Dr. Beynon's pocket, signed Miss Helen Higbie, 1,013 Broad Street, warning him to slop writing to her or wasting his affections on her.

might explain the shooting, were it not that Campbell dois not know Miaa Htgble. She waa an attendant at the aama church which Dr. Beynon attended, the Uouth Park Presbyterian. The doctor became acquainted with her there and tried to-beatow his affections her, but she gave him no encouragement. 'tie Rev.

Lyman W. Allen, pastor of the to-day called on Dr. Beynon at the police station, and the doctor attempted to assault him. Me- will ba arraigned to-mor-" row morning. --s i i ii i i lUATurti unuikmeuieuiBit i i i a i a mm a enai aj rvi a gz.

Kansas MotharEntera on a Crusade Against -Policy 8hopa. 'r- LEATEN "July 21. Mrs. Mary E. Dickens surprised half a dozen men In John Beachler'a shop hero last night and smaahed a policy wheel with a hatchet.

Her boys, she said, had gambled in the place. She threatens to smash all policy shops tn tha city unless tha authori ties ahali cloae tbam. TRAIN KILLS FOUR MEN. Boston' and Maine Express Crashes Into a CarrUge. LEBANON, N.

carrUge containing James -Goodwin-, of Hinsdale, William Thurrtdn; Percy, N. Thomas Burns of Vt, and Edward McCabe of Lebanon was struck by the Montreal expresn on the Boston -and Maine Railroad sheriff midnight and all four were lnstanuyv killed. Tha. nor escaped with slight bruises. Goodwin and TBarwa--werweavers" em-' ployed by th American -Woolen Company Thurston' had Just viniabed work for a farmer here.

anarrled. McCabe waa nineteen yeara leaves a widow, mother, and elter NAI BRITH CONVENTION. nENVEn. Jftilv' i J. fiim AAnvMiHim a District No.

2. Independent Order B'Nal Brlth. began here to-day. The district represented at the convention Includes Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. The report of the Board of Trustees shows a loss in membership, but an increase of over 3.0tU in cash.

Endowments during the year were paid to the amount-of 148,000. The report on the Jewish Orphan Asylum at Cleveland showed that 60Q children had been cared for. Tha first annual report on the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, located in Denver, was made. The Institution Is In splendid financial condition and caring for all um patients that can be accommodated. The feature of to-day's session wss the address of National President Leo N.

Levy of New Tors, New Yarker Arrested In DenveK DENVER, July 2LEW. Gray was arrested here to-day on the charge of obtaining possession of 1300 worth of diamonds from an Omaha Jeweler by mlsrepre-entation. He admits, it is said, that ha Is tha person wanted, but says there was no Intention of fraud an hia part. Oray ooxsea from a prominent New xork family. JLYNCHERS FEAR -VEKGEAKCE.

Armed White -Men Patrol ji Mississippi Town, and at Least Two Negroes Ara CLEVELAND, July 21. A band of arfned negroes rode Into Cleveland at 1:30 o'clock this morning, and stopped three white men on the main street, Tha negroes made a. threatening demand. Being called on to Identify themselves they answered by bringing their rifles Into play. of the negroes was quickly killed by the white men.

another was wounded, and is reported to have been found this morning on the outskirts of the town, and the remainder escaped, although It la reported that three more were hurt. They were alt well armed with rifles and were well mounted. Squads of armed men petroled the streets untn daylight Tha trouble grew out of tha lynching of Jesse Phillips, a negro, earlier in the nirht. The nerroea in this region are organised Into lodges, "secret orders." and "protective societies." and as Phillips was a leader among them, it la feared that an attempt would bo made to avenge his death. It is alleged that the killing of young Reed, a planter, a few days sgo waa a studied schema osthe part of tha negroes.

PLUNGED IN FRONT OF A TRAIN. Turney, However, Saya that He Tripped and Had No Idea of Suicide. As a train was pulling Into the Sixteenth Street station of tha Fifth. Avenue elevated railroad, in Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon the passengers waiting there were -horrified to sea a maa suddenly plunge headlong from- tha platform to- tha track In front of tha approaching train. It seemed for a moment that the body would be ground to death under tha wheels, but the engineer had seen ihira In time, and- tha train was stopped within a tew feet of tha -y- v- Two of tha employes of the road seemed to- think that tha man had thrown himself before tha train, and when he was dragged back onto tho station platform they called a policeman and made a complaint agalnat him.

Tha man waa placed under arrest and waa later taken before Magistrate Tighe In the Butler Street Police Court. He aaid ha waa John Turney, twenty-eight years old, of 405 Thirty-ninth Street. Brooklyn. Turney denied that ha had thrown himself before the train or that ha had any suicidal Ha tripped and fell from the station platform to the track, he said. Magistrate Tighe adjourned tha case until to-day.

CAUGHT IN PHILADELPHIA. Man Who Astaulted Sergt. Murphy Hera In Cuatody. PHILADELPHIA, July Man-derf leld, aged fifty years, of New Tork. waa arrested here to-day charged with felonious assault and attempt to kill Detective Sergeant Jeremiah Murphy of New Tork at Fourteenth Street and Third Avenue early Thursday morning.

Detective Sergt. Jeremiah Murphy was assaulted early last Thursday morning in Henry Wulfara saloon, at 148 East Fourteenth Street. Ha had been with Patrolman Rlngelman of the Fifth Street Station, who had left him. at the door of Wui-fer's establishment. A little later on Rlngelman waa called back the saloon and told the detective had been assaulted, and waa In a serious condition.

Rlngelman sent in an ambulance call to Bellevue. The wounded officer waa taken to the hospital, where he maa found to be suffering from several severe wounds on his face and scalp. ROBBED ON A STREET CAR. Three Men Snatch a Reticule from a Louis Van thirty-one years old. ot .151 Columbus Avenue, and Charles seventeen years old, of 82T Columbus Avenue, were before 'Magistrate Zeller.

in the Harlem Police Court yesterday morning, charged larceny from the person, and were hed in 1,000 bail for examination to-dar. Mrs. Julia Kepnech waa the complainant. She aaid that she waa riding on an Eighth "Avenue- trolley car yesterday morning about 10 A. M.

At Seventieth Street the car stopped, and three men got on the car and eat on tha sama cross seat she was occupying. At Ninety-third Street the car stopped for her to alight, and aa she-prepared to do so one of tha three men snatched her reticule, which was secured by a belt to which it was fastened. In the reticule was $10 In money and some trlnketa and a lace handkerchief. The men Jumped off the car and ran up the avenue. Mrs.

Kepnech shouting Poller- Stop thtefl and various other cries. Borne of the-passengers Jumped off the car and followed the men, who turned down Ninety-sixth Street and ran toward Central Park, where there Is an entrance. Hera they met Policeman Fox, who heard the shouting, and when the men tried to enter the park he aelsed two of them, Van Hove and Olockner, the third escaping When the men were arraigned. Glockner's mother appeared. She aaid that her boy waa a good boy, and that he must have got into bad company, begging the Magistrate to let him go.

However, her tears were of no avail. i- DOG J0KErV8 LAST JOKE. Caused Crowd to Think Him Mad and -f a Policeman Shot 'Him. John Maerleln. who keeps a cigar store at 58p Tenth.

Avenue, waa the owner of a fin Scotch Collie dog until last evening, when the dog. Joker by name, did soma tricks which resulted in hia death. Maerleln had locked the animal In hia apartments and was( sitting on the sidewalk In front of his store with hia family when the dog leaped out of the second-story window and ran to Forty-third Street, then up to Eleventh Avenue, followed by a crowd of boys. aU yelling Mad Then Joker retraced his steps and caused tha crowd to scatter. Reaching his master's house, he bolted Into the store, leaped over the head of a man who was -dosing in tha rear.

Jumped through a window Into the yard, leaped over a six-foot fence, then back again, and stood ar bay. Policeman Kelly of the West Forty-seventh Street 8 tat ion was called and standing on the ledge of the window, he fired five shots at Joker, and then pronounced him dead. $40,000 Fire In ROCHESTER. July 21. Fire to-night In B.

8nyder'a electrical supply establish ment at 36 South Avenue, did 140,000 dam-age The Geneae Plating Company, Patrick Bnyder, machinists; T. J. Williams, printer, and W. J. Schwikert A manufacturers of billiard and pool tables, suffered considerable losses from smoke and water, Foundfon Track, May Not Live.

HUDSON. July Swift of Maynard waa found on the Fitchburg tracks early this morning mangled and semi-conscious. His groans attracted the attention of Joseph Ucheuski, who lives near. by. Swift was not able to tall how he had been hurt, and the doctors do not think ha can live.

He was taken to tha Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Proposed Currant Trust. From Tha Pall Man Gasttte's Athens Ttltrram. After fastening their grip on Arabian coffee and Syrian opium, the trust hunters navy lavaded Greece to lay hands on tha currant trade. Proposals have been made, though the conclusion cannot yet be definitely stated, for buying tha entire yield of tha vines forva period of from three to five years.

In connection with this operation a project la moated for the establishment of a great dtsWlerV for the manufacture of Industrial alcohol to supply the whole of Greece, Money No Object to Him. The Parent So you really think you want to marry this young man. Bertha? la he ia a way to support you? Has he any money? Bertha Oh. yea, papa, I am sura of that. It was only last mgnt ne told ma wouldn't give ma up for all the if all tha mantT the world.

Boston Transcript. ITRAL UIIIOII IIIDORSES TEE STEEL STRIKERS Pteizzs Its Moral end Financial Assistance to Them. Recommend that All Workera Com ing at tho Ballot Box to Over throw tha Truste. Th Central Federated Union at Ita meet- festerday, on the moUon of Matthew Int- Bard of the Amalgamated Association ot Shaet Metal Workers, decided to put useu strongly on record aa Indorsing tne striae imilnnnirf Association of Iron of the and tea Eteel Workers. Tha following7 commlt- 4-as appointed to draw up reaoluUona i snbtect: Matthew Barr.

Amalgamat- on tl ed Issoclatlon of Sheet- Metal Workers; William J. O'Brien. Granite. Cutters' Union; Morris I thrown, cigarmaaers tjnioa Cowen, Amalgamated Association of 4,,. Isaal Engineers, i.

and Charles Weyell of tha Brew- ers' Union. The committee retired for aboift twentv mlnutea. and then submitted the following nreambl and resolutions: whereas. We, tha delegates of tha- Con tral federated yitw with alarm tna encroachment of organized capital and rapid tha lourta on the freedom and liberty of organized labor as shown in the circum- stanfes leadlng to the steel workers' and othe strikes, and tereas. We learn with the utmost Con- "Whereas, cern and apprehension of the action of the a In Ohio and Connecticut in depriving courts iltisena of the right of free speech and tha levying tog the court expenses upon tne wora-kiomes, thus wrecking the foundations ar institutions: therefore, be it ers' of oar Resolved.

That tha Central Federated Unlokt i now and while tha struggle of the workers lasta pledgee lta moral and -4aJ assistance to them and urgea upon steeu finaddal jlberty-lovlng cltisena to stand by the our steel woraera in meir strugsie tor utrruuui and Resolved, That we earnestly recommend that overthrow the system that makes such to outrages aa tne ream Die menuona yuasi- In submittlug the resolution. Delegate who' acted as spokesman ot tha com- Barii mlttee. s. characterised tha steel trust aa of the greatest enemies of organised one labor object waa to control everything andkiU com 1 eUtion. has tried to prevent the workingmen exerdslrig their UberUes," he aaid.

front but tney will continue tn me enomyor to get their rights ail tne same, xne rai- gamated Associatlon of iron ano eteet riwa not want tha emnlovers to Workera fore iron men to loin the union as. has been! stated. It wanta the employers to recognise ise the right of workers to join ma if they want to do eo, and not to tn thprn toininr the Union." union objeet Deli same thai legatee Brown and O'Brien spoke to tho eriect. otner aeiegatea ueciarea mi malgamated Association was in a fight i rnH all oraanised labor, and whldh the all Tim of which affected union men in trades. The preamble and resolutions were) carried witn a wnoop, ana tne aecre-was Instructed to send copies of them.

tary to aE affiliated unions asking for tneir in- Eriest Bohm. Recording Secretary of tha Cent -al Federated reported that tha Natl mal Brewers' Union had given In various to the striking machinists. Bohm is tha delegate of tha Ale and Port Brewers' Union, which, belongs to the National Brewers' Union, as well as Recording Secretary of the central body. His announcement was received witn ap-ie. It was stated that the machinists plau were stUl keeping up their fight, and that had-ifralned a number of victories tn few York district last.

week. -tier waa read M. J. Flaherty. they the A Secretary I 1 1 oi jjucbi ii oi uie American of Munlcfana orotestlna aaainst FedtiQn the riropbsed admission of the Musical Mu- tual rro tec live union into tna centrat oody.

Kriter declared that the Musical Mu-Protective Union had always declared Tha tual Itseld against orgamsea laoor. it never Ised musicians belonainr to a arenu- recognised me therd eland labor union. Ho believed, he said. should be only one union of muslin the central body, anjd said -xhat' If tne -Musical Mutual Protective Union wou tent id amalgamate with Local 1 the pro-would be-withdrawn. Th letter was referred to a.

committee of tile central body appointed soma time try and amalgamate all tha musical ago unio T. Tha Strike at Reading. HADING, July 21. The Phila delphia and Reading Railway still has Its ImpoHed mechanics quartered in the shops here and another effort will be made to put them to work to-morrow. It Is thought the the tnen who so far have remained with romoany -win object to the presence In tile snopn oi tne ltnportea men, aa aid who.

struck on Friday for the same i. Negotiations for a. settlement nr thosi reasSn thi this trike. it is believed. willba resumed week.

ItAEYLAND STATE CENSUS. Apparent Advaatasre far i Deasa ems is yi coanties. Special Tkt iVrts York Ttsikr. 1 BALTIMORE, July .21. Under the new Stat 4 census just completed, the results of whltsi were given out by Bute authorities I to-night, four counties.

Washington. Prince Georges, and Montgom ery tvlli each be entitled to one additional member in the lower house of. the Legislat ure. I It waa thought that Kent County would also show a sufficient population to entitle 'It to another member, but It felt short of the 18.000. Una er the Federal fensus Anne Arundel.

Charlies, and Kent were also entitled to ad ditional representation, an Increase of seven tn all, but the State census does not admit of additional members In Anna Arundel or Chs es counties. The House of Delegates of the next Gen. oral Assembly will accordingly be com- sea vi mrniBe, a gain oi a. xne rats. IV la believed, have the better mbcrats.

ehanbea in trie four counties entitled to additional HIS PLAYERS WERE POLICEMEN. The Lost Money, Then Arreated the Operator of a 8hell Game. Hefery N. Cohen, twenty-seven veara of age. Iwho describes himself aa a salesman.

and felalma Rockaway as" his rearular nlaca of residence, waa arreated on tha board walk! there yesterday by Sergt "Shea and Patrfctaaa Butler. Ua la charged with sw inkling the Officers, and William Boy- laa Cypress Avenue, Cypress Hills, by of a shell game. i meads Botlan called at the police station and said mea he had been swindled out of $50 by of the shell game. He was sent out Sergt. Bhea and Patrolman Thompson with In plain Eivimiif, ii ana locate tna Rn via nnlnttrf tut ids -n awinpier, was sent to tha police station to wait.

Th licemen watched Cohen, and aa soon aa opened up on the board walk they be- etna lnterested, and each lost fl endeav-to locate the pea. Then Cohen waa ar- One hundred and flftv ni I t- orinrf resteu. cash waa found upon him. i Gamblers at North Beach. After unsuccessful efforts to open up at North Beacn during the first Eundavs nr tha and the Preliminary season there the gamblers runners of fake games kept clear of murll Tin 1 1 Tuarsrrtav cpen 1 up on the back road, as the Old J3owery JUay Road la now known, Tha vie tlms sand did not have one chance in a thou- win, ana tna operators reaped a harvest.

backli gaged road during the afternoon, being en- "un jt-m on tna oeacn. Laka Vaeaal Burnt and Slnka. MBNOMTNEE. July 21. Govern- ment Light keeper Toung earlv this morn In saw ateamer or sail vessel on fire about seve.

mUes southeast of Green Island. He repotted to tha fire tug Menominee, and that I boat went out to tha scene, but the Went out and the boat sank before it fire coul.l oe reacneo. xnere la no knowledge as to what boat it was. It ia evident here that on owra were lost, as no report froml vu uu coaru tna vessel nas been receit cum CE IiMY GARIIEISriTOnEERS 0UT Oil STRIKE It Is Expcptcd that 0,000 Will Soon Step Wcrk. In 2,500 Contractors Shopa tn New York Two-thlrda of the Workera Have Struck.

A committee of 300 gaiment workers started at 6 o'clock yesterday morning through the east side tailoring to notify the workers to strike, in with the decision of the Garment Workera' Trade Council on Saturday night. Tha members of the. committee divided themselves rapidly Into grouns, each group taking a section of the east aide. Most of tha shopa. were.

i Ludlow. Norfolk Hester, Delancey, Bloecker, Lewis, Goerck. and other- -down town streets. In Bieacker Street and soma of tha thoroughfares ad-Joining it there' are entire blocks honeycombed with tailors' shops. The first strike was ordered la tha shop of Benjamin Hirschkovitch, 7 803 lewte Street, who employs 60 vestmakers.

The strikers joined with tha commutes tn ordering out other strikers, and tha men In a number, of other ahopa did the sama until the committee had swelled to something like The strikers after this went straight to the varloaa meeting places assigned to them and held mass meetings. The largest mass meeting- waa at 412 Grand Street, where the pressers and operators branches tha Brotherhood ot Tailors met. There ara several halls in this and all of them were packed to the very doors with people. No women were present, aa the women not be called out until: to-day. Many hundreds of persons who could not get into the hall stood In front of the building.

There was no programme. Every now and then a speaker would get up and talk to the meeting in Yiddish. The principal speakers were I. Goldstein and B. Bchweltser.

both offU cere of tha union, who talked until they were hoarse, Similar meetings were held at Odd Fel-lowa' Hall, 1)8 Forsyth Street, where the. knee breeches makers met; Apollo Hall, 1-0 Clinton Street, and a number of other places. In all meetings were held in about fifteen buildings throughout the eat aide. The Garment Workers' Trade Council, which ordered the strike, held a meeting yesterday morning at 374 Grand 8treet to consider the situation. It waa reported that none of the tailors as far aa waa lsnown had refused to obey the strike Committees from the different halls where the strikers were meeting called to arrange the demands about which there seemed to be the greatest confusion.

It was decided not to demand the doing away with the contractors until next year, but to demand instead that all agreements this year be on the manufacturers. Toward afternoon every hall in which tha tailors assemble was filled almost to suffocation. Tha tailors seemed to -feel quite comfortable in an atmosphere which ah-, accustomed people could not breathe for ten minutes without feeling faint. Late yesterday afternoon the following statement was made by the Garment Workers Trade Council: There are 2,500 contractors' shops in the Greater New Tork which -will be affected by this strike. Two-thirds of tha workers are out now, and the rest will be out to-morrow.

In Brownsville -the tie-up Is complete. In Brooklyn the coat tailors and trouser makers are on strike, and the rest will be on strike to-morrow. Wa have not heard from Newark I think, including' Newark, 50,000 will be a fair es-' tlmate of tha people who will be affected. The demands of the which will include' higher waaea and a shorter workday, will be ready for presentation tomorrow afternoon. A red-letter call was Issued yesterday for a general all-day meeting of all the strikers in New Tork to be held to-day in New Irving HalL Broome Street, near Norfolk.

The Brooklyn atrlkers will meet at 1 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, and the Brownsville strikers at Washington Halt, Brownsville. The New York, strikers will-be addressed, by Joseph Barohdess, former leader'of the cloakmakefs. GREAT DANGER IN POTASH. )' Inspector McDevitt Philadelphia iU luatrates lt to Insurance jj 'y: From The Philadelphia Ledger. A preliminary meeting was held In the Commercial Museums Wednesday for the purpose of forming an organisation of fire Insurance men under the.

title of the Insurance Society of Philadelphia. Some or those In attendance discussed the insurance riks of the present as compared with those of tha past and the advisability of organising to promote tho science and improve tha methods of fire protection. It is also likely that a laboratory will be 'established where demonstrations may be given of tha dangers or storing and selling certain the hatarda or manufactures, ag conducted under modern methods, and the practical way of Inspecting electrical A rather remarkable feature of the meeting was tho demonstration given by Inspector William McDevitt of tha Fira Un-, derwriters'! Association, in which by practical tests he proved that certain chemicals are highly explosive when exposed to heat and smoke such aa that from a burning building. Chlorate of potash, formerly considered by chemists as non-explosive wnen heat Is applied, waa shown by McDevitt to be Just tha contrary. His theory waa that Ahe amoke from burning wood contains at the elements sufficient to render potash a dangerous explosive.

He Jilaced a few grains of chlorate of potash a crucible along with a small piece of wood in a metal canister tightly closed with a lid. Heat waa then applied to tha bottom of the can, generating oxygen from the chlorate and smoke from the charring wood, and tn less than three mlnutea those present were surprised by a violent explosion, accompanied by a detonating sound. Ha then demonstrated that saltpetre would reduce the same' effect, -and explained the angers of plcrio acid, potassium permanganate, peroxide of sddium, carbon disul-phide, celluloid, and other commodities. After describing the difference between various grades of gunpowder, the Inspector then demonstrated the violent form of flash powders. Although handling hia dangerous subjects with the skill or an expert chemist.

Mr. McDevitt explained that his only experience waa gleaned through hia examinations of fires during hia twenty-eight yeara as Inspector, Investigations made by him during that period and the study of chemistry, which' he found necesary to hia position. "Chemistry tells us that any substance which contains In itself an element that will produce combustion under certain conditions, produce an explosion," explained Mr. McDevitt, and this la found to be true, for tha explosion of a combustible substance or mixture la nothing more than rapid combustion. I do not believe that there ia another single, substance to which this can be applied or looked for more, and is becoming more extensively used, than that of chlorate of potash.

It Is so treacherous in its action that even tha most expert chemists have been killed. In their attempts to adapt it for use aa gunpowder. It la also used extensively in medical preparations, by dyers for oxidising purposes and In making oxygen gas. Two recent terrible explosions occurredone in New Tork and the other in London which proved the fallacy of tha contention that chlorate of potash stored in large quantities In a burning building Is harmless, especially -when tha absence waa proved of other well known organlo substances or chemicals In the structure, "Owing to the rapid Increase In trade In' tha chemical industries and tha developing of new processes tn the arts wherein chemicals are used, a consequent Increase of has-ard from -this source of ire has been demonstrated serious effect. Aside from the risk of manufacturing and compounding or tha storage ot chemicals by those conversant with th properties of dangerous substances, the handling or storing of them by persona who are either unaware of the danger, or who become negligent, necessitates greater watchful-nesa on our part whenever chemicals are used or stored." Tha American Legion of Honor.

The State reunion of the American Legion ot Honor, an order which within twenty yeara haa distributed among widows and orphans $43,000,000, and of which Ira K. Morris ia Grand Commander, will be held on Aug. 8, at Monisanla Park, One Hundred and Seventieth Itreet and Third Avenue. Delegatea from all parts of ihla Bute, New Jersey, and Connecticut will be present. family a Government Will Call Employes cf the Father as Witnesses Ajalnst PITTSTIELD, July tho trial of Robert S.

Fosburgh for tha shooting of sister. May L. Foaburgh, Is resumed to-morrow In the Superior Court it is expected that City Engineer Fobes will be called first to exhibit plans made by htm Of the Fosburgh premises. -Fred. Lund of Maynard.

who was bookkeeper for R. L. Fosburgh A has been summoned as a witness for the Government It being understood that ha will testify regarding the relatione existing between father-and son. It is also understood that several of tha firm's workmen have been subpoenaed for the same purpose. James B.

A. Fosburgrh, brother of the defendant; and Dn W. W. Sehofleld of Daltoa, who waa the first physician to appear at the Fosburgh house after the shooting, are expected to be called to the stand to-morrow, after which Police Captain White, Policeman Flynn, and possibly Chief Nicholson may be called. The prosecution hopes, to be able to finish its testimony to-morrow night or HID JEWELRY IN A CPA BOX.

Servant Girl Admlta She Stole It la -Held for Trial. Detective Sergt. Stranaky of the Detective. Bureau displayed a- diamond brooch, three gold and a "gold watch at York-villa Court yesterday when he arraigned Barbara lac ha, twenty-two years old, and charged her -with the -theft of tha Jewelry. She is a dishonest servant," said Etrans-ky to Magistrate Olmsted.

found the jewelry in tha bottom of a coaibox in the kitchen where she waa at Barbara had been in the employ of Mrs. Joseph Zitka ot 425 East Seventy-third Street only a few days when Mrs. Zitka discovered on July 4 that tha Jewelry above mentioned was gona- She said nothing to the girl of the loss of tha jewelry, but acquainted Stransky with tha factv He kept watch on her whenever she left the house. On Saturday he followed her to a pawn office on Second Avenue, and ever-heard her ask the pawnbroker how much ha would give for a diamond brooch. 4 Let me see aaid the pawnbroker.

"I've got it home," responded Barbara. I'll get it. Stransky hurried back to the-house and seached with the above result, and Barbara then acknowledged her guilt. Magistrate Olmsted held her for trial la $1.0014 bait HAS DREAMS OF WEALTH. Prisoner that Hia Father Haa Left a Large' Estata Christian Hansen, a aged about forty-five years; confined Id the prison the- West Side Court awaiting an examination to-day, is whlling away the hours in dreams of hugs wealth whjch la soon to be his, according to a lawyer who called to see him Hansen-' waa arrested last week, on charges preferred by George Low-ther.

thewho-saJe coal dealer of 80 River-' side Drive, Hansen waa employed by Low-ther aa a -coaahman' and waa charged with stealing blankets and carriage lamps to tha value of $77. aHensen says that yesterday he was visited by a lawyer who told him that ha had just read In the foreign papers that Hansen's father had died immensely wealthy, and that Hansen would come in for a large share of the estate. Hansen says that he came to this country about twenty yeara ago, having fallen out with his father. The latter, he saya, waa a wealthy eon-tractor in Denmark. He says that the lawyer is now engaged in preparing the papers for hia claim.

RESCUED TWO tN NORTH RIVER. Mast Swims to safety with, Girl mm Her Wamld-Ba Reseaer. Arthur Dressier of 903 Columbus Avenue saved from drowning two parsons of the Washington Heights Swimming Baths, la the North yesterday afternoon. Nellie Burns of 221 East Street, who was In bathing there, ventured out too far. 'She screamed for assistance, while the current waa carrying her further Into -the stream.

Arthur Debey. of MT Alexander Ayenue, seeing her predicament, warn to her assistance. When, ha hJ 'Iter he found her exhausted. The task Of eringtng tne girl back to aafety waa too much tor him and ha in turn became ax-haunted. i v- When Dressier reached them the girl was unconscious.

Being a powerful swimmer, he managed to bring both of them back to tha shore. It was an hour before Miss Burna was restored to consciousness. She was taken home in a ROBBED. OF HIS WATCH. Detectlvea Capture Two Man After a -Chaser-Through Heater Street.

Two detectives of the 'Elisabeth I Street Station had a lively chase after a. pair of thieves who bad a man-of his watch and chain at the corner of Hester and Mott Streets last night. Doteotlves Routh and Byrne were standing at the corner of Elisabeth and Mott Streets when heard criea of Police! Police! and liuuni imineaiBmr nw two men running up Hester Street. They gave chase but the pursued men r.r. f1eetwitejt iA mA 4k ra circuitous route and finally breathless kuu eiiuinim wr wounu up at tne corner of Centre and Canal Streets where they were placed under arrest by the detectives.

At the Elisabeth Street Station they said they were Thomas Ryan, 24. years old, of -ST Jackson Street, and Frank Murphy, 23 yeara old, of 901 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia. The man whose watch was stolen, is -Joseph Stiats. who lives at 283 BRISTOL A SOMNAMBULIST Classmate Will Teetlfy that Battle Creek: t- Man Walked In HI Sleep. BRATTLEB0KOUGH, Vt, July 2L-Inv portant testimony fending to establish a belief in the correctness of Morton 8.

Cres-sey's statement of shooting and killing Sydney Bristol, his, college classmate, on last Friday, will; -be, glven at tha adjourned hearing to-morrow -by Fred Cross of South Mass who was a roommate of Sydney Bristol, when the latter was a student at Williams College; before he went to Yale. Cross aays he remembers that Bristol waa a somnambulist, wandered about in his sleep several times, and on at least on occasion walked, from hia room while asleep and returned without awakening. Services in memory of Sydney Bristol were held this afternoon tn the chapel of the Centre Church, the Rev. Mr. Miles officiating.

In recognition of Mr. Bristol's services In the Spanish-American war, twenty-five men who belonged to the First Vermont Regiment In ISM attended tha funeral, headed by Capt W. T. Haigh. Mr.

William F. Bristol will leave to-morrow for Battle Creeek with the body of his son. New Yorker Robbed at Atlantic City. Sfreiti Tkt Nm yrk Imm. ATLANTIC CITT, N.

July Marshall of New was robbed of a diamond pin while, riding In a public bus here' last night A boy waa in th bua at th time. Marshall reported th matter to the police, who arrested Lewis Downs, a boy of seventeen, who ram here to-day from Camden on a excursion. Tha boy had the pin tn his possession and confessed the theft Boy Wanderer Wanta to- Go Homo. WASHINGTON, July Kimball, sixteen years old, of who says he la the' son of George A. Kimball of 946 Derner Street is at the House of Detention, where he will remain at hia own request until his father la heard from.

He left home March 19 and has been traveling with a band of gypelea whom he left lately. towa Politician Hurt In a Runaway. DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 2L-A. B. Cum-mlngs, candidate for the Republican nomination for had his shoulder dislocated and body cut and bruised by being throws torn a buggy in runawiiy.

last 4 Fatal Fall front Bicycle. BOSTON July 2L Dr. Donald W. Mao-Donald, forty-two yeara old, a well-known physician of fen from his bicycle In Brighton last evening and received injuries which resulted la hia death to-day. i.

i Ti'-'trr i l. A Former Hesldint cf Maineand Hia Wife Writa Cheerful 'Lttr j. Hone. rrora The Lenrlnton Me.) Journal. The followlrf letters to' Mr.

and Mrs. John L. Ham of Lewlston from friends In Alaska will be found, wa think, of mujh Interest The writer went to Alaska at the age of fifty to' repair broken health and fortune. He Is now fifty-three years old. Letters covering three years are in the possession of Mr.

Ham and are full of Interest. Mr. Ham says of them 1 I hava many very Interesting running back tha last three years. Thesa hava thoroughly described tha country and Alaska, mining and life, so you find' little in these at this late For example, how many knew that tha tide serves only -once a day at Noma, and exactly at the same time, with only a rise ot two or three feet? The world is surely turned up side down. The people going there are, as a rule, the brightest and ootiet.

Mr. Ford.writes that at Nome the many have won. something. The beach for over thirty Miles has been washed and a large amount of gold obtained, but, being flour gold, only a small portion has been saved by the rude process of placer mining. He has mode lota of money and spent lots, just as we all are constantly doing.

Last Fall, reeling quite ure -ot the future, he sent for his wife, she going to Nome on tha last steamer from Seattle! Our last letter before this one waa "written. Oct. 17 last, and came out on the last steamer to leave at that time. We have many letters from him during tha three This gentleman is a resident of Washington, but a native of Sumner, Me. He went to the ICkndikeaa a consumptive and In tha interior basin tha great Yukon" he- regained hie health.

Ita excessively cold and, dry air, or something else, effected the euro of a terrible cough' which the climate ot Southern California could do no good. His wife has always wanted to join btmr but he haa always said, Tou must- not come until I have made a A hurry-up order came last Fall just ia time to catch the last steamer. The wife found a nice cabin, 'a Winter" supply of everything needful excepting the coal which the day they wrote waa being delivered at $70 per ton. Five hundred dollars for seven or eight tons and paid for easier than the most df us are able to do in Maine 1 He says that to succeed In Alaska one or two essentials are necessary. First a fellow must have an average share of intelligence and tons of sand, and secondly never, never drink rum.

Honesty one must exercise almost everywhere, no matter whether naturally endowed with this virtue, or not." '-x Mr Ford's letter ia as follows: Nome, Alaska. Feb. '9, 1001. Dear Brother and Stster: Wa received your letter and were very glad to get it. We are all well and- hava.

been so all Winter. It Is always good to able to aay this. haa been -a very bard Winter here, that is for wind. It la not so cold on tho coast, but hll (sards are frequent, and this Winter tha enow la very deep. The coldest was almost 46 degrees below sero.

It baa been a Very hard Winter to travel In, and there is no only the driftwood that comes In on the beach and the small willows which grow on tho Tundra, and they are covered up In mast places and hard to get. consequently, sv great many stampedere have been froaen to death in this country. Thar waa a "big stampede to the Xu kokwln country from here this Winter. Bo far aa known It has proved disastrous as well as a fake. Men are coming In every lay.

from there and report great hardships. There were thirty or forty men frozen to death and many more badly fiwst bitten, lhat Country la southeast of here about a thousand milt as travel has to go, and vetting eaught out In th terrible storms ia very dang-sroua even under tha moat provident care. This river empties into Bering Sea below tho Tkon (Yukon.) There has also been another big stampede north from her tip under the Arctic circle, but few got through and some were badly froxen. A friend of ours started from here Jan. and got back last week.

'He was They struck th Arctie below Good hop Bay. and get-tina short of grub, they had to turn back and dil not get where they wanted to go They had a good eight-dog team, and with; billiards and deep snows the traveling slow and to teed the dogs became a serious matters They could get nothlngfroW the Indians a they had nothing for themselves, only whale blubber, which they were hauling frora Cap Prince of Wales, about a hundred miles distant. These parties were going to stake for me If they had got through, but they intend starting again soon. Personally I have not been out on any tripa thla Winter, yet I ex- g'ct to start In about two weeks for the luestone country. I have aome Interests there and on Gold Run, alao in the Koug-rock (or Kougarok) country, which Is about 75 or 100 miles north of here.

One thing, I hava not been out, for it has been almost Impossible to get dogs here this Winter. They cost from $K0 to $200 and not nearly enough to go around. They will bo cheaper soon, I think, and perhaps I have don as well to take things eaay. We hava spent a very pleasant Winter. We have a great deal of company, and we go out a great deal those long Winter evenings.

I go to the K. of P. Club Tuesday nights, and wife and I both go to the o. u. F.

Club Thursday nights, and we have whist parties and other, amusements. Etta goea to church Sundays while I "Stay home and read. There ar about forty-five or fifty, ladies belonging to th Rebekaha in the Oddfellows' Club of Nomo, and the Eastern Star, -in th Masons, have aa many In their club. Bo you see, there are plenty of ladles In this ice-bound country. We hava no means of knowing how many.

rKple there are In Nome thla Winter, but should judge some 5.000 or 6.000. There la a school; th average attendance la about fifty scholars. It Is maintained by the Government There are plenty ef churches and stores of all descriptions. The largest companies are tha Alaska Commercial, the Alaska Exploration, and tha North American Trading and Transportation, and lota of others nearly as large. They own their steamboat lines and often store.

There ia plenty of grub, and very too, for thla country, excepting a few things. Hay has been very high. tSO per ton. and fuel also. Coal has been as high aa ISO.

(I paid T0 last October for my. Winter's supply.) It la now down to $40. Oats are 10 centa a pound. There is" plenty of beef at 25 cents by th side. Of course as soon aa navigation opens next Spring supplies, will come down and eventually become almost aa reasonable as In the States.

It will three months or more before this comfort can reach ua. We hava had no mails until last weelr, but now they ar coming along in llttl batches via dog teams. One got here yesterday with nine sacks- of letters nothing else. Tou can Imagine tha joy brought to our souls. fc Another will be here.

soon. Tha mad route by dog team is about 1,000 miles long over the Ice, and takes a man of flesh and blood and no fool to successfully face an arctic blixaard and 30 degrees below sero. It waa a long time before knew, who had been elected President I hope that Congress will do something tor this country in tha way of law and better government as we have none now, only for law-yera and sharpera. Any tin horn lawyer can Jump your claim -and brina- court and among them consume the whole claim or lta value and fou can't help yourself. ira a thoroughbred American, but Canada haa better laws than any that I have found In th t'nlted States yet far aa men getting their rights, and for good order it can't bo beat There ara 2'j0 United States soldiers hers with us this Winter.

They hava nothing whatever to do In civil matters or military. Only to stay in by the stove and keep warm. There have not been vary roanv Crimea here thla Winter and for tn most part petty larceny has been the almo.it sole offense. There ara only thirty or forty in tha prison now. I suppose that it Is on account of th fact that there Is noretting out of this country in tha Winter.

When-a villain haa no chance to run he la a bit careful, you know. Tha mortality ia very light with ua and very little sickness, aa we full well know trom work In our fraternities In looking out for the sick and destitute. As a mining country I think tt very rich, but a tiard country to prospect. As yet It la prospected very little. North of here to the Arctic Ooean tt la bleak and barren for hundreds of miles with no timber of any kind.

One must go Inland a hundred miles or raor to find tha poorest kind of fuel A man haa got to have pack animals, lumber, timber, and money, and the seasons are very short Sixty dsys on the surface la about all you can work, but for all ot these drawbacks I like it. If I were a young man I would know mora about the Interior of Alaska. There Is town, seventy-five miles up the coast at Fori Clarence, named Teller City, which haa about MM) inhabitants. I ex- rect the big boom will be there thla coming pring and Summer My Interests are In that country, and I expect to be thera in that district" most of the time, but am not sure yet. Shall take a run up in a week or so and hava a look around.

Lumber up where I wan last Fall was 2U per IL, and wlU be that this Spring. mi r. r-. i-- in Eucinj tciet tuxuar. TJsed by people of refinement for over a quarter of a ceatuiy.

Freight Is SO cents per pound from Teller City to my claim on CJold Run Creefc. I have in this rambling, way endeavored to give you an outline of affairs here, la my next letter I will try to give a Hit's more, AU there is about it don't betteva the newspapers. That one ain't printed In this part of the world which can tell a strain ht forward truth. This is especially the r-s on the Pacific Coast The transportation companies pay them for booms, and tnanv' a poor dI is ruined to help make them rich, and the world goes. I will send Nome papers aa soon as bcai commence Yours affectlonateiy A "stake" la a claim located for seres consideration, usually a grub outfit, and la thla wav much prospecting dona by The most of ua would prefer this way L.

H. Gold Run. Alaska, May 12, lOoi Dear Sister and Brother: We received' a letter from you last Winter. Del answered tha same. AVe are both well and in twe gold fields living in a tent with 4 or feet of anow on the ground.

But do not think ar not warm, if ar living a tent. We hav had a pleasant Winter, went to whist parties and to the Odd Ftliows club and enjoyed It very The weather was not so bad for simptv betne cold, for 1 have seen colder In old "Wisconsin. It waa down to 40 degrees below a few times, but It is the wind that makes so hard. The men will be out on The trail ana a blizxard cornea up and they get lost. There belna- no wood but s-reen.

kand tbera all covered up. with snow, -th nen soon frees. Sometimes the men woui-l have to star in their sleeping bags for thre or four days at a time, with only frozen b. con or hardtack to eat. There has been many a man frosen to death and those did not wsre.

oftentimes badly frostbitten having feet -or hands frozen. A blisxard would last sometimes four, or five days. There waa more snow In Nome thU'Wlnter than last. left ther for the Bluestone country (right under th Arctic circle almost) April 28, at dayljirht 8:30 A. M.

We had two teams to haul our outfit One team had over two tons on, and the other one and one-half tons. We had to do a good deal of walking out of alxty-five miles. We walked in all forty-two miles, the first day fifteen miles, more than I walked all Winter. The read houses, everybody stops at them. Natives ar mixed up with the whites and seal-oil you do- not know what kind of a wholesome smell that is, if you like seal oil, but I 4on't like it.

Meals at ftaa and. aa they aay here In Alaska, $1 for to sleep on the soft a-de of a board, and if you have your own bed, a dollar just the same, There Is no wood here only small wiilowa, Wood Is $li0 nr cord and coal $10 per sack; coal oil $20 per case; bread. 25 cents a- loaf; doughnuts 50 cents- piece: pies about the same. I would not have missed thla WIntea for anything. I would like to see more of Alaska than I have seen.

Del thinks ha tsa got two good claims, and he ha look cut! Del saya that he Is going back to old Maine, and see you folks. Love alt Write soon, Tour Ft. COMFORT FROM ELECTRICITY. How Greatly ft Aide Men to Endure the. Heated Term'a Agonlea.

From The Electrical World aad fcng-inier, hot weather, to equal which In intensity the meteorological authorities have had to go back thirty years, had many, mitigations that were not available to the last generation; and they wer. largely of an electrical nature. For example, great use was made of the telephone, enabling mea to sit In their offices er country homes and transact business at a distance' without any necessity to trudge the Saharan streets. They say the ordeal is a trying one at such seasons to- the little telephone girt' but she does her work bravely and weiL there Is the fan; motor, bring lng sea breezes fMnto the' hottest build. Ing, 'Their popularity was immense as 'a relief to weary and- the market was soon swept bar of them We'tav heard Of one society "woman who.

with a member of bar family under the went to an Iectrioal at or-and, being told all the fans In sight were sold, laid violent hands on ona and refused to be comforted; until eh was allowed to carry It away la perspiring triumph ia her ferriage. As for tho electric 'light that has long been a familiar but one needs to gee out In the country or by the aeaslde, where only oil lamps and candles are available, to realise once more how grateful and cool the little incandicent lamp Is. Moreover, In town- tha lea cream freeser or the electrio stove can be run from the same circuit ss the lamp. 1ut In the holiday wilds brute force and fir again ara disagreeably necessary. The -wonder ia that electricity la still so Uttie known and 'used outride the towns and cities.

It la most needed by the aad. sea waves and amid tha cornfields esJ potato patches. Perhaps tho bifrgest electric boon of all In such calcining weather aa that which has been the subject of--o much flattering comment recently is the trolley car. All the street railway companies report a busy time, and their employes were worked to the point of exhaustion. Any cursory glance at the cars will show that the travel Is quite largely o' recreative character, especially in the hot entire families with the latest ailing little babv board tha cars to go for a fifteen-mile swift cruise for cents a head for the adults.

The sick man does not now take up his bed and walk-1 He geta relief these Summer nights by jumping on the first trolley and leaving his bed behind him. The trolley car. thus does en mass for the Buffering population that which electricity does more individually for members of the community who can each pay for a telephone, a lamp, a fan motor, and a freeser for themselvev Great indeed Is electricity in the dog day! 1 A Mighty Relief. From The "WUmlnirton rDet. Errr Kveninc.

'It will be a mighty relief, to the Demo, cratlc. Party to go into a National cam p'algn unfettered by the disastrous Issuag of Populism and fre silver coinage. Midsummer Remnant Sale Coot clothes at half price. At this season of the; year it'll profitable to do businessVfor glory We are ettinj: glory pow, from friends who praise our work, to whom: we extend bur thanks. v-r I Give us a little Yjf your; we will give you everything risk v-batever dealing with us.

-v We recall remnants, at thi season of the year from our numerous agents throughout the United States, placing them on sale regardless; their former cost, at suit to order, An exceptional lot ofhigh-gra trouserings, at $4, will be on sale to morrow. GISCJInlEOCre Broadway 9tlr Street, WW I I.